2006 Open Gaz de France – Singles
# 2006 Open Gaz de France – Singles

Dinara Safina was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals to Amélie Mauresmo.

Mauresmo went on to win the title, defeating Mary Pierce in the final 6–1, $7–6^{(7–2)}.$

## Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top four seeds received a bye to the second round.

* Amélie Mauresmo (champion)
* Mary Pierce (final)
* Nadia Petrova (quarterfinals)
* Patty Schnyder (semifinals)
* Elena Dementieva (quarterfinals)
* Flavia Pennetta (first round)
* Dinara Safina (quarterfinals)
* Anna-Lena Grönefeld (first round)

## Draw

### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

### Final

| Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Amélie Mauresmo | 6 | $7^7$ | |
| 2 | Mary Pierce | 1 | $6^2$ | |

### Section 1

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | | 1 | A Mauresmo | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | I Lisjak | $6^4$ | 0 | | V Dushevina | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | V Dushevina | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | 1 | A Mauresmo | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | V Razzano | 6 | 6 | | | | | 7 | D Safina | 2 | 2 | | | | | | |
| | K Peschke | 1 | 1 | | V Razzano | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Chakvetadze | 2 | 1 | 7 | D Safina | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | D Safina | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | A Mauresmo | $6^5$ | 7 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | T Golovin | $7^7$ | 5 | 2 |
| | | | | 3 | N Petrova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Smashnova | 6 | 6 | | A Smashnova | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | S Brémond | 1 | 2 | | | | | 3 | N Petrova | 6 | $6^7$ | 3 | | | | | |
| | T Golovin | 6 | 7 | | | | | | T Golovin | 3 | $7^9$ | 6 | | | | | |
| | M Domachowska | 0 | 5 | | T Golovin | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Mirza | 6 | $7^7$ | | S Mirza | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | F Pennetta | 2 | $6^5$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 2

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 | E Dementieva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | S Arvidsson | 2 | 2 | | 5 | E Dementieva | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | M Bartoli | 0 | 2 | | | N Dechy | $6^3$ | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | N Dechy | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 5 | E Dementieva | 3 | 3 | | | | |
| | L Šáfařová | 2 | 6 | 0 | | | | | 4/WC | P Schnyder | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| Q | T Pironkova | 6 | 2 | 6 | Q | T Pironkova | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4/WC | P Schnyder | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4/WC | P Schnyder | 4 | 2 |
| 8 | A-L Grönefeld | 1 | 6 | 0 | | | | | | | | | 2 | M Pierce | 6 | 6 |
| WC | S Foretz | 6 | 1 | 6 | WC | S Foretz | 0 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | R Vinci | 2 | 1 | | WC | É Loit | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| WC | É Loit | 6 | 6 | | | | | | WC | É Loit | $6^6$ | $6^4$ | | | | |
| | A Medina Garrigues | 6 | 1 | 7 | | | | | 2 | M Pierce | $7^8$ | $7^7$ | | | | |
| Q | T Garbin | 3 | 6 | 5 | | A Medina Garrigues | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | M Pierce | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
